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How Much COVID Relief Money Is Left?
Note: Data updates on February 3, 2021 reduce the difference between legislative amount allowed and committed/disbursed from $1.3 trillion to $1.1...
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What’s New in COVID Money Tracker?
This week we updated COVID Money Tracker with all of the major provisions from the $915 billion 1 in COVID relief provisions in December’s...
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Biden to Unveil $1.9 Trillion COVID Response Plan
Note: We have published an updated, more detailed breakdown of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID response plan, compared alongside a $618 billion...
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Four-Fifths of Stimulus Checks Have Been Sent
In the first three days of distributing the second round of stimulus checks approved by Congress in the Response and Relief Act, the Treasury...
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Breaking Down $3.4 Trillion in COVID Relief
With the passage of the Response & Relief Act, Congress has now allocated around $4 trillion of COVID relief at a net cost of over $3.4 trillion...
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How Much Would $2,000 Checks Cost?
With the enactment of the Response & Relief Act yesterday, policymakers in both parties have called for expanding recovery rebates from $600 per...
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The Response & Relief Act Would Boost Income To Record Levels
Unlike in past recessions, personal income has grown during the current crisis as a result of the aggressive fiscal and monetary actions taken to...
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The Response & Relief Act Would Support the Economic Recovery
President Trump is yet to sign the year-end bill that contains the Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and accompanying...
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The Fiscal Response to COVID-19 Will be Larger than the Great Recession Response
The Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act has been passed by Congress and awaits the President's signature. Assuming the bill...
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What's in the Final COVID Relief Deal of 2020?
Lawmakers passed a new COVID relief deal on December 21, 2020, which was subsequently signed into law by the President on December 27. The deal in...
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What’s in the Bipartisan COVID Relief Bill?
Lawmakers Monday released the full text of a $908 billion bipartisan stimulus package, which was released in summary form back on December 1. The...
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Could a COVID Relief Deal Close the Output Gap?
Policymakers from both parties have endorsed plans to provide over $900 billion of COVID relief as part of a year-end funding deal. Democratic...